What's love got to do with it?
2011-03-04 07:59:07
Starlets want to marry into wealth not only for financial security but for social status.
Living like an oversized baby
2011-03-03 07:55:09
As a 12-year-old, I clearly remember my father taking me to our local bank and setting up a savings account for me.
If you wanna beep me, I won't say no
2011-03-03 07:53:18
If there's one thing I love about Beijing's traffic it is the propensity of drivers to blow their horns at the slightest provocation.
Supersize my shopping and max my credit card, please
2011-03-02 07:46:51
Group buying makes me think of supersizing McDonald's meals. You think it's a bargain, more for less, and then you die of a heart attack.
A friend in need is a friend indeed, wherever you are
2011-03-02 07:46:51
The Chinese people are a friendly mob and are quick to assist baffled newcomers in this foreign land on the far side of the world.
Trying a bit of fun to keep classroom awake
2011-03-01 07:30:28
As I sit here in my office, overlooking the campus of Tianjin Medical University, I can see hundreds of students coming through the gates - each towing a suitcase, or lugging bags - as they get ready to start the new term.
Targeting goldfish trick will not help to protect animals
2011-02-28 10:09:16
When I heard days later about how angry the animal rights groups are, I felt they were just making an unnecessary fuss.
Hero is as hero does
2011-02-25 07:53:33
While today's young Chinese may struggle to point to their heroes, the idea of heroism is very much alive.
Why Yao Ming serves as a very tall cross-cultural bridge
2011-02-24 07:52:38
When people talk about Yao Ming now, their thoughts are of his latest injury and the uncertainty this has brought upon his career.
Search for coat leads me to my block of flats
2011-02-23 07:46:10
I have never been colder than here in Beijing. A perishing cold that creeps across your back and chills your arms and legs.
To Aussies, this zodiac seems mad as a March hare
2011-02-22 07:54:54
When I told my friends in Australia that it was the "Year of the Rabbit" for the Chinese, they were horrified.
Getting married later in life is a modern trend
2011-02-21 09:43:19
Marrying later is a very modern trend, not just in China but also in Europe, Japan and the United States.
